MUSIQUE POUR L'ODYSSÉE

With a couple of Univers Zero members in tow, you'd think Art Zoyd would win me over with this one - after all, I love the other major creepshow chamber rock act in town so why not the Zoyd? And it's true enough that the foreboding bass work and angry chants on this album are clearly well put-together - the chanting in particular, promoting the sort of rhythms Magma used to accomplish in their more martial moments - but despite all this the album remains one where I can look at it and acknowledge that it's a well-executed piece of work and yet I just don't feel anything when I listen to it. Three stars seems fair - it's worth a try, but be aware that it may fall flat.